Hot Toys Matrix Sentinel and some advice needed for a newbie please.

[cas398]

Hi guys, I recently got a unit from Ikea, just had a look on the internet and noticed there's a new sentinel coming out from one of my fave trilogies, would be a nice first purchase. Hoping to get a bit of advice where to buy from.

Prices seem cheaper from abroad but I never import anything really so I'm in two minds.

Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. - The Matrix / Sentinel 1:16th Scale Collectible The Matrix

[UPLOADER]

Nice price and a nice size aswell should just fit in your case without having to remove a glass shelve.

& with it only being $59.99 you wont have any customs taxes to pay.
But I dont like the figure looks a bit messy to me but what ever floats your boat

[Lemon_Sherbert]

Originally Posted by UPLOADER

& with it only being $59.99 you wont have any customs taxes to pay.
But I dont like the figure looks a bit messy to me but what ever floats your boat

Are you sure about not paying taxes at that much?

I thought it starts at £18, which is roughly $30, you wont pay much tax but then I believe the post office puts an extra charge of about £5-8 on for handling.

Not too sure as nothing I have had has been taxed, so others will have more knowledge about it than me, but something to bear in mind.

Think so long as you take the shipping and customs into account, and that normally you get it quicker if its imported then you should be happy.

[UPLOADER]

shipping and handling charges are $28.78 bringing the total cost to $88.77
I might be wrong about customs have been known to be wrong before

[cas398]

So is that website I posted best place to order from?

I might do it then at that price as it's £70 @ play and it doesn't come out until mid december.

Thanks for the help.

About the figure being messy, well that's one of the things I like about the old sentinel.

[kj23]

you'd be eligible for customs, £18 is the limit i think. anything over that and you're liable for a charge. doesn't mean you'd get one though. get it from a UK shop/dealer if you're worrried. or via ebay from an overseas seller and ask them to declare a low value on it under the limit.

[cooey]

With Sideshow, a lot of their things ship from the EU warehouse (UK), so there is not customs no matter how much it is

If you look at the product page there are 2 flags, one for US and one for EU. With this one you can see it says for the EU (and US) that it's pre-order and that it will ship from the EU warehouse.

There will be no custom charges with this

[kj23]

well there you go. cooey knows such things obviously. depending on postage could still be cheaper elsewhere. not sure how much they charge.

[cas398]

Originally Posted by cooey

With Sideshow, a lot of their things ship from the EU warehouse (UK), so there is not customs no matter how much it is

If you look at the product page there are 2 flags, one for US and one for EU. With this one you can see it says for the EU (and US) that it's pre-order and that it will ship from the EU warehouse.

There will be no custom charges with this

That's good to knw cheers. Shame I ripped my credit card up the other day as they don't appear to accept debit cards

[kj23]

you could try ebay and pay via paypal if you can. i just saw one for £55ish inc shipping. it was from china i think. you could just ask them to declare a low value on the package so you wont get a customs charge.

[cas398]

Originally Posted by kj23

you could try ebay and pay via paypal if you can. i just saw one for £55ish inc shipping. it was from china i think. you could just ask them to declare a low value on the package so you wont get a customs charge.

I may do that, Forbidden Planet do it for £60 inc delivery before the 4% Quidco so it's around the same price if they take debit cards.

[kj23]

sounds like a plan.

[UPLOADER]

Originally Posted by cas398

I may do that, Forbidden Planet do it for £60 inc delivery before the 4% Quidco so it's around the same price if they take debit cards.

Just make sure its forbiddenplanet.com and not forbiddenplanet.co.uk the .co.uk one might steal your cc info

[Lemon_Sherbert]

Forgot that Sideshow has an EU warehouse, nice one Cooey.

Is that FP.co.uk, cas? there have been a few issues with that site and some peoples credit cards, think they got hacked at the time, thing what put me off was not that they got hacked but the customer service people got afterwards, theres a thread somewhere hear about it.

Plus in my limited experience, I wasnt that impressed, took ages to get a preorder through, so much so that I canceled and got them it off of ebay instead, cost a bit more (was with the 10% off at xmas) but i got it in 2 weeks, had waited months for it from FP.co.uk. They were fine for an in stock item I got, but I personally wont use them again for a pre order, just my opinion of course.

[UPLOADER]

Originally Posted by cas398

That's good to knw cheers. Shame I ripped my credit card up the other day as they don't appear to accept debit cards

Sideshow do accept debit cards, mine is a visa debit card and works fine with sideshow